London, 25th October 2010 - Reports that the world's most prolific phishing gang have diversified their operations over from conventional phishing emails to distributing the ZeuS Trojan is another sign that hackers are becoming incredibly sophisticated, says Imperva, the data security specialist. More than anything, the attack vectors used by the Avalanche botnet gang, who have taken two years to migrate to the new fraud architecture, indicate that criminal hackers are now using lateral thinking to develop their fraudulent modus operandi, says Amichai Shulman, Imperva's chief technology officer. "What is apparent from our research is that the Avalanche cybercrime gang - who were reportedly responsible for two-thirds of the world's phishing attacks this time last year - are also using advanced programming techniques" he said.
- Published: 27 October 2010
- Written by NStinchcombe